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DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition — system requirements & benchmark status
This game is in the catalog, but no published review benchmarks have been collected for it yet — so this page carries no frame-rate numbers, no verdicts and no estimates. Below are the publisher's own system requirements and what they say about the hardware the game targets. A game joins the calculator only when published review benchmarks cover both its CPU and GPU sides.
Developer: FromSoftware, Inc. · Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment · Released: Aug 24, 2012 · Genres: Action, RPG
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition
As published by the publisher on Steam (checked 4 November 2026). Requirements are the publisher's target figures, not measurements — they describe the hardware the developer aims at, not the frame rate any part delivers.
| Component | Minimum (Steam) |
|---|---|
| OS * | Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, or newer |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 GHz+ or AMD Phenom II X2 545 3.0 GHz+ |
| Memory | 2 GB |
| Hard Disk Space | 4GB |
| Video Card | GeForce 9800 GTX+ or ATI Radeon HD 4870+ |
| DirectX® | 9.0c |
| Sound | Direct Sound Compatible |
| Additional | Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) is strongly recommended. |
Hardware demand level
Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the minimum requirements above (integrated graphics). The demand level classifies the publisher's published requirements only; it is not a benchmark result and predicts no frame rate.
Benchmark status
Not yet measured. Bottleneck Verdict adds a game to the calculator when published review benchmarks cover both sides at the game's highest settings, native resolution, no upscaling — the same bar the measured games met. Until then this page claims no performance figures for DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition.
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